Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2002.

This award has been a good indicator of the winners and nominees for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Winners and nominees

• † – indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
• ‡ – indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

2000s

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers †	Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
	Men in Black II	John Berton, Tom Bertino, Bill Westenhofer and Erik Mattson
	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones ‡	John Knoll, Ben Snow, Pablo Helman and Rob Coleman
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King †	Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Dean Wright
	The Matrix Revolutions	John Gaeta, Kim Libreri, George Murphy and Craig Hayes
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ‡	John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Jill Brooks
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ‡	Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Theresa Corrao and Emma Norton
	The Day After Tomorrow	Karen Goulekas, Mike Chambers, Greg Strause and Remo Balcells
	Spider-Man 2 †	John Dykstra, Lydia Bottegoni, Anthony LaMolinara and Scott Stokdyk
2005	King Kong †	Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers and Eric Saindon
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe ‡	Dean Wright, Randy Starr, Bill Westenhofer and Jim Berney
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Jim Mitchell, Theresa Corrao, Tim Alexander and Tim Webber
	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	John Knoll, Roger Guyett, Rob Coleman and Denise Ream
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest †	John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel and Charles Gibson
	Charlotte's Web	Karin Joy, John Berton, Blair Clark and John Dietz
	The Fountain	Jeremy Dawson, Dan Schrecker, Mark Soper and Peter Parks
2007	Transformers ‡	Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russell Earl, and Scott Benza
	The Golden Compass †	Michael Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer and Ben Morris
	I Am Legend	Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney and Crys Forsyth-Smith
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ‡	John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson
	Spider-Man 3	Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz and Spencer Cook
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button †	Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness and Lisa Beroud
	Cloverfield	Kevin Blank, Chantal Feghali, Michael Ellis and Eric Leven
	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	Michael J. Wassel, Lucy Killick, Adrian de Wet and Eamonn Butler
	Iron Man ‡	Ben Snow, Hal Hickel, Victoria Alonso and John Nelson
2009	Avatar †	Joe Letteri, Joyce Cox, Eileen Moran and Richard Baneham
	2012	Volker Engel, Marc Weigert and Josh Jaggars
	District 9 ‡	Dan Kaufman, Stefanie Boose, James Stewart and Peter Muyzers
	Star Trek ‡	Roger Guyett, Burt Dalton, Shari Hanson and Russell Earl
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Scott Farrar, John Frazier, Scott Benza and Wayne Killheimer

2010s

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
2010	Inception †	Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Mike Chambers, Matthew Plummer
	Alice in Wonderland ‡	Ken Ralston, Tom Peitzman, David Schaub, Carey Villegas
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 ‡	Tim Burke, Emma Norton, John Richardson
	Iron Man 2 ‡	Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Janek Sirrs, Susan Pickett
	Tron: Legacy	Eric Barba, Lisa Beroud, Steve Preeg, Karl Denham
2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes ‡	Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, Cyndi Ochs, Kurt Williams
	Captain America: The First Avenger	Charlie Noble, Mark Soper, Christopher Townsend, Edson Williams
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ‡	Tim Burke, Emma Norton, John Richardson, David Vickery
	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Gary Brozenich, David Conley, Charlie Gibson, Ben Snow
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon ‡	Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer, Matthew Butler, Scott Farrar
2012	Life of Pi †	Donald R. Elliott, Susan MacLeod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer
	Battleship	Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Kevin Elam, Glen McIntosh
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ‡	Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood
	Marvel's The Avengers ‡	Susan Pickett, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams
	Prometheus ‡	Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers
2013	Gravity †	Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Chris Lawrence, Richard Mcbride
	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ‡	Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, David Clayton
	Iron Man 3 ‡	Christopher Townsend, Mark Soper, Guy Williams, Bryan Grill
	Pacific Rim	John Knoll, Susan Greenhow, Chris Raimo, Hal Hickel
	Star Trek Into Darkness ‡	Roger Guyett, Luke O’Byrne, Ron Ames, Ben Grossman
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ‡	Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini
	Guardians of the Galaxy ‡	Stephane Ceretti, Susan Pickett, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi, Paul Corbould
	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Joe Letteri, David Conley, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, Steve Ingram
	Interstellar †	Paul Franklin, Kevin Elam, Ann Podlozny, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher
	Maleficent	Carey Villegas, Barrie Hemsley, Adam Valdez, Kelly Port, Michael Dawson
	X-Men: Days of Future Past ‡	Richard Stammers, Blondel Aidoo, Lou Pecora, Anders Landlangs, Cameron Waldbauer
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens ‡	Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Luke O'Bryan, Patrick Tubach
	Furious 7	Martin Hill, Kevin McIlwain, Karen Murphy, Dan Sudick, Mike Wassel
	Mad Max: Fury Road ‡	Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Holly Radcliffe, Andy Williams, Tom Wood
	The Martian ‡	Barrie Hemsley, Chris Lawrence, Matt Sloan, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
	San Andreas	Brian Cox, Bryan Grill, Nordin Rahhati, Randall Starr, Colin Strause
2016	The Jungle Book †	Robert Legato, Joyce Cox, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, JD Schwalm
	Doctor Strange ‡	Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Vincent Cirelli, Paul Corbould, Susan Pickett
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins, Olly Young
	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Jelmer Boskma, Frazer Churchill, Hal Couzens, Andrew Lockley, Hayley Williams
	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ‡	Neil Corbould, Erin Dusseault, Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Nigel Sumner
2017	War for the Planet of the Apes ‡	Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, Joel Whist
	Blade Runner 2049 †	John Nelson, Karen Murphy Mundell, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ‡	Christopher Townsend, Damien Carr, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick
	Kong: Skull Island ‡	Jeff White, Tom Peitzman, Stephen Rosenbaum, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus
	Star Wars: The Last Jedi ‡	Ben Morris, Tim Keene, Eddie Pasquarello, Daniel Seddon, Chris Corbould
2018	Avengers: Infinity War ‡	Daniel DeLeeuw, Jen Underdahl, Kelly Port, Matt Aitken, Dan Sudick
	Christopher Robin ‡	Chris Lawrence, Steve Gaub, Michael Eames, Glenn Melenhorst, Chris Corbould
	Ready Player One ‡	Roger Guyett, Jennifer Meislohn, Dave Shirk, Matthew Butler, Neil Corbould
	Solo: A Star Wars Story ‡	Rob Bredow, Erin Dusseault, Matt Shumway, Patrick Tubach, Dominic Tuohy
	Welcome to Marwen	Kevin Baillie, Sandra Scott, Seth Hill, Marc Chu, James Paradis

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